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it's premium and it's economy

Chiltern Railways are to launch an airline style 'premium economy' class on their services between London and Birmingham.

The special 30-seat carriage will have wi-fi, large tables and wide seats and comes at an additional cost of £20 per leg of your journey. Passengers will still have to pay extra for any food and beverages.

Chiltern's marketing director Thomas Ableman said: "Businesses told us that space to work and a decent internet connection were absolutely essential. They also told us that additional privacy at key times for increased productivity was valuable."

A great initiative from Chiltern and will be interesting to see how the company promote the new service. However considering it launches on Monday 5 September, it's a little strange that a quick search on the company's website showed up nothing at all.